Later Life

Vernon and Tenet Group in distribution deal

Vernon Intermediaries and Tenet Group have partnered to provide Tenet’s advisers with access the...

Pure Retirement expands support for equity release advisers

Pure Retirement has recruited a further 24 members to its team. The firm aims to...

Spending time on the holiday spending

As we approach the school summer holiday period it seems a very good time...

Fluent Money develops later life lending subsidiary

Fluent Money Group (FMG) has appointed Aaron Conlon as managing director of newly formed...

Top broker criteria search for self-employed borrowers

The monthly Criteria Activity Tracker provided by Knowledge Bank has revealed the most search...

Retirement Advantage alters BTL range for older landlords

Retirement Advantage has made changes to its range of mortgage products aimed at older...

Unsecured debt amongst 55 to 74-year olds on the rise

New research from equity release lender More 2 Life reveals that unsecured debt amongst 55 to...

A quarter of couples have never discussed retirement income plans

24% of couples have never discussed retirement income plans with their partner or spouse,...

Civil partnerships could have significant impact on pension schemes

A heterosexual couple have won their legal bid for the right to have a...

Over-45s ‘willing to face up to tough choices’ over social care

Just Group has reported that the over-45s see tapping into the equity in their...

Key Retirement recruits advice delivery director

Key Retirement has added to its senior team with the appointment of Ian English...

Not enough homes for ‘last time buyers’ to move to

Last-time buyers are struggling to find houses to move to as the potential financial...

Retirement “a 20th century concept”

Later life advisers have the opportunity to broaden their range of services to clients...

Minority government hindering solution to social care funding

The Chairman of the Equity Release Council, and former MP for Enfield Southgate, David...

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Why the human relationship still defines real estate lending

AI is now a core driver of transformation in financial services and is reshaping the foundations of real estate lending. According to AllAboutAI.com over 85%...

Income protection: the unsung hero of the cost-of-living crisis

Higher mortgage rates, rising energy costs, and continued inflation have put pressure on many household budgets. Advisers spend time helping customers find the right rate,...

Why rigid credit scoring is locking too many people out of homeownership

Some people don’t fit the mould. That’s always been true in mortgage lending. But the tools used by most lenders to assess borrowers, particularly...

What a bigger market means for brokers

The latest Interpath and BDLA UK Bridging Market Survey confirms what many brokers are already experiencing on the ground, that bridging has hit the...

How social media can bridge the protection disconnect

The latest AMI Protection Viewpoint provided a compelling snapshot of the challenges and opportunities facing the protection market. The research highlights a worrying pattern that...

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Movera launches specialist KYC team to speed up property transactions

Movera has established a new dedicated Know Your Client (KYC) team to handle source...

Surveying industry undervalued in race to the bottom

After a 16-month break from the property industry I returned to find a landscape...

HSBC to cut residential and buy-to-let mortgage rates

HSBC UK is reducing rates across a wide range of residential and buy-to-let mortgage...

Zephyr Homeloans cuts rates across core buy-to-let offering

Specialist buy-to-let mortgage provider Zephyr Homeloans has unveiled fresh rate reductions across its standard...

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